Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer, Ambulatory Care Services and Executive Director - #1 Hospital in CA (onsite)

About the role

The Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer oversees and leads ambulatory care pharmacy services across the Cedars-Sinai Health System to optimize patient and financial outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Leading specialty pharmacy and retail pharmacies, infusion services central medication access
• Business planning, advancing ambulatory clinical services, employee prescription benefit collaboration
• 340b compliance, ambulatory supply chain, ambulatory information technology, teaching program and medical network pharmacy services
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to achieve positive patient and financial outcomes
• Developing and maintaining subject matter expertise in all areas of responsibility
• Overseeing ambulatory and specialty pharmacy services to support positive financial, clinical, quality, safety, and customer service outcomes
• Leading pharmacy services for non-oncology infusions
• Overseeing central medication access for infusions to support timely infusion therapies
• Exploring new ambulatory care business opportunities and developing business plans which generate revenue and/or support evolving reimbursement models
• Overseeing initiatives to manage employee prescription costs
• Advancing clinical role of ambulatory care pharmacists to optimize disease outcomes
• Ensuring effective supply chain management to meet ambulatory patient care needs
• Developing and maintaining positive relationships with organizational leadership, physicians, nurses, healthcare team members and stakeholders
• Participating in medical center and medical staff committees
• Ensuring effective human resources management including recruitment, training, development, performance management and retention of staff
• Supporting professional growth of management team and staff
• Supporting training and education programs including precepting and/or educating learners and staff about areas of responsibility
• Ensuring regulatory compliance and accreditation for areas of responsibility
• Overseeing pharmacy training and education including post-graduate education training programs
• Serving as a preceptor for learners and educating staff about healthcare trends and implications
• Partners with other leaders in pharmacy to achieve department and organizational goals and priorities

Qualifications

• Doctorate (minimum) - PharmD
• Masters (preferred) - Business, Healthcare Management or related
• 10 years (minimum) - Progressive experience in pharmacy management
• 5 years (minimum) - experience implementing new pharmacy programs and services